#MeToo could see most trial tests than 2019

CBS, a company that spent the latter months of 2018 under scrutiny following allegations of sexual maladministration that resulted in CEO Leslie Moonves emerging, named Susan Zirinsky, new CBS News president.

A 46-year-old veteran of the network, Zirinsky will be the first woman to run the news department.

On "CBS This Morning" co-ordinator Norah O & # 39; Donnell said Zirinsky "a kind heart and cares for the people who work here. So a new day is coming."

On Thursday, John found Lasseter , the former Pixar chief who was undisturbed after being accused of inappropriate behavior, a new job in Hollywood. (Lasseter apologized for the fact that his former colleagues felt "uncomfortable".) On the same day, Harvey Weinstein, the former filmmaker, whose demise helped spur a movement against sexual harassment in the industry and beyond, made a partial victory in a civil case by Ashley Judd.

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8, the year when women in Hollywood and their allies demanded change, this year may be when we learn about companies and industries that claim to support their words, take action to do so.

"It is important for companies to take the first step now instead of waiting and hope this is a form of abundance," she told CNN in an interview. "If I drove the company I would like to be at the front of this thing to really be seen as a company that puts action into my words. "

She adds," I'm hopeful we'll see it. "

Skydance Media received widespread criticism from Time & # 39; s Up and other advocates for hiring Lasseter have their new animation head.

"We didn't turn on a switch and [now] everyone will get rid of all the harassment, get rid of all the assailants and start the business again. It's not as it went, says Melissa Silverstein, founder and publisher of women and Hollywood. "The demand for systemic change is something we must continue to drive. But it is also really difficult to do."

In the week's events, we have also emphasized the long, slow way to correct an accepted norm where stars and top leaders could come get rid of them abusing them. Hollywood's cleansing – in some high-profile cases – seems likely to move from news reports to the courts and the correctional system, where some of these stories will be able to pull out for years.

Kevin Spacey appeared in court in Nantucket on Monday for not guilty of an indecent assault and battery charge arising from an event in 2016.

R. Kelly may also face a possible crime investigation stemming from accusations of abuse against young women in the Lifetime documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly." The spotlight on Kelly has also shown attention to those in the music industry who have worked with him over the years. (On Wednesday night, the partner Lady Gaga went to the choir of people who now condemn Kelly.)

Silverstein sees the reaction to the document series as a good thing because it is "amazing that these women's voices have been strengthened" and they "rediscover supporters. [19659003] The emergence of #MeToo continues to shift cultural attitudes to acceptable behavior.

The "Green Book" director Peter Farrelly apologized this week after the articles on past occasions of sexual maladministration resurrected at the time of attempted humor.

In the middle of the awards ceremony, where Farrelly is going to make advertising rounds, Hollywood will embrace his presence on the red carpets?

"The entertainment industry still has a lot of work to do, just as all industries do," Shaunna Thomas says. co-founder and managing director of UltraViolet, a woman's advocacy organization. " Obviously, their impact on culture is significant. They shape the content that most people in this country consume, and so when you have misogynists shape the kind of content people see, it's serious. "

Thomas therefore says the activists often focus on the entertainment industry and are looking to It's a Leadership for Progress.

On Friday, UltraViolet ordered a flight banner to fly over Sony Musics headquarters in Culver City, California, and urged the company to tie up with R. Kelly, the singer's record company, RCA Records, owned by Sony. 19659003] "This year, we expect to be an opportunity to really cement some of the #MeToo profits we saw in the past year," she says. "I think that means abusers are not usually – and it will be exception – will get gold bars when kicked to abuse women. "

Lasseter's appointment and development in the Weinstein case was particularly deterrent to Facilities designed to dismantle a system that has enabled abuse. (Silverstein says that with Lasseter's rental, Skydan's message to women "that women's voices do not matter and that women's truths do not matter.")

"These battles hurt," adds Silverstein, "but we should all do that is determined in … to drive for change. "